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810–819

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  1. AD 819 · Central Asia · Culture

    Rise of the Samanid Empire

    The Samanid Empire was a Persianate Sunni Muslim empire, ruled by a dynasty of Iranian dehqan origin, from 819 to 999. The empire was centred in Khorasan and Transoxiana, and at its greatest extent included northeastern Iran and Central Asia.

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